Sales Executive - Duty Free (Langkawi)
Key Accountabilities
- Execute customer plans aligned with Duty Free channel priorities to achieve commercial objectives.
- Deliver volume, revenue, distribution, and premiumisation targets while driving portfolio growth.
- Manage customer relationships through regular engagement, responsive support, and effective issue resolution.
- Identify growth opportunities by monitoring customer performance, market trends, and competitor activities.
- Ensure excellent in-store execution through Heineken Steps of Visit, merchandising standards, POSM deployment, and promotional activities.Maintain product availability by monitoring stock levels, inventory health, demand forecasts, and mitigating out-of-stock risks.
- Support new business opportunities through expanded distribution, new listings, commercial initiatives, and market intelligence.
- Ensure compliance and governance by adhering to HeiRules, HeiCode, Responsible Consumption standards, Duty Free regulations, and approved commercial processes.
Key Responsibilities
1) Perform 4 steps sales call to assigned customers of Duty Free Market
- Pre-call planning & preparation
- Outlet execution according to EOE standard (focus SKUs, POSMs & stock display, chilled & ready-to-serve stocks, product freshness and amenities)
- Sell-in of promotions, innovations and assortment optimization, and utilize outlet contract to drive sales performance
- To-do-list –ensure follow up actions from the sales calls are captured
2) Business Development
- Prospecting -assess and acquire outlets, secure functions & special events
- Review and analyse outlet performance, develop solutions and evaluate outcome for both internal and external stakeholders
- Execute & support company-initiated activities
3) Market Intelligence
- Feedback on competitor activities
- Maintain & update relevant outlet information
Competencies & Skills
- Good communication & interpersonal skills
- Strong collaboration skills – able to build relationships, influence, and manage conflicts in order to get things done
- Adequate analytical skills – able to analyze outlet performance, evaluate options and develop solutions
- Good team player –support ASM in managing distributors and other operational matters, provide guidance to new team members
- Reliable and trustworthy – take accountability and act with integrity
- Adaptable to changes and innovations
- Well discipline and able to work independently
Job Segment:
Business Development, Sales Management, Sales